{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.88/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.88","id":"suttacentral_an4.88","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.88/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. What four? The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the delicate ascetic of ascetics. And how is an individual a confirmed ascetic? It\u2019s when a mendicant\u2014with the ending of three fetters\u2014is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. That\u2019s how an individual is a confirmed ascetic. And how is an individual a white lotus ascetic? It\u2019s when a mendicant\u2014with the ending of three fetters, and the weakening of greed, hate, and delusion\u2014is a once-returner. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering. That\u2019s how an individual is a white lotus ascetic. And how is an individual a pink lotus ascetic? It\u2019s when a mendicant\u2014with the ending of the five lower fetters\u2014is reborn spontaneously. They\u2019re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. That\u2019s how an individual is a pink lotus ascetic. And how is an individual a delicate ascetic of ascetics? It\u2019s when a mendicant realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. That\u2019s how an individual is a delicate ascetic of ascetics. These are the four individuals found in the world.\u201d","title":"Fetters","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":224}